Brazil’s refugee policy needs a radical overhaul in response to Venezuela’s crisis
Brazil has received 15,000 asylum claims this year, but its national asylum system hasn’t been updated since 1997 when it got 500 applications a year
Hungry Venezuelans Flee in Boats to Escape Economic Collapse
Roymar Bello screamed. She was one of 17 passengers who had climbed onto the overloaded fishing boat with aging motors in July, hoping to escape Venezuela’s economic disaster for a new life on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.
Desperate Venezuelans are streaming across the Amazon Basin by the tens of thousands to reach Brazil. They are concocting elaborate scams to sneak through airports in Caribbean nations that once accepted them freely. When Venezuela opened its border with Colombia for just two days in July, 120,000 people poured across, simply to buy food, officials said. An untold number stayed.
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/world/americas/hungry-venezuelans-flee-in-boats-to-escape-economic-collapse.html?smid=tw-s
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Venezuela: la crisi dell’economia insegue chi scappa in Brasile
Ogni giorno 300 profughi lasciano il paese di Maduro in direzione Brasile. Dove però non trovano l’accoglienza sperata. Fuori dal Venezuela, infatti, si registrano situazioni di fame e una «guerra tra poveri». A farne le spese sono spesso bambini, adolescenti e donne. Ecco le ultime notizie dallo stato brasiliano della Roraima
▻https://www.osservatoriodiritti.it/2018/02/12/venezuela-crisi-economia-venezuelani-brasile